Clinical trials: Head or Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer
Docetaxel and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage II or Stage III Cancer of the Larynx or Hypopharynx
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as docetaxel work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing.
- Trial name
- NCT00243113
- Testing
- docetaxel, radiation therapy
- Where
- 9 sites in Japan
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Aichi Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer
Surgery and Radiation Therapy With or Without Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Mouth Cancer
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00002747
- Testing
- cisplatin, fluorouracil, conventional surgery
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- European Institute of Oncology
Cancer
External-Beam Radiation Therapy With or Without Indinavir and Ritonavir in Treating Patients With Brain Metastases
RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Indinavir and ritonavir may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.
- Trial name
- NCT00637637
- Testing
- indinavir sulfate, ritonavir, radiation therapy
- Where
- 3 sites in Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland
Advanced Malignant Neoplasm, Castleman Disease
Bevacizumab and Temsirolimus Alone or in Combination With Valproic Acid or Cetuximab in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Malignancy or Other Benign Disease
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of bevacizumab and temsirolimus alone or in combination with valproic acid or cetuximab in treating patients with a malignancy that has spread to other places in the body…
- Conditions
- Advanced Malignant Neoplasm, Castleman Disease, Digestive System Carcinoma, Erdheim-Chester Disease
- Trial name
- NCT01552434
- Testing
- Bevacizumab, Cetuximab, Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Head and Neck Cancer, Oral Cancer
Circulating Tumor Cell Counts in Postoperative ENE-Positive Oral Cavity Cancer Patients After Adjuvant CCRT
The aim 1 of this trial is the development of the Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) definition of oral cancer minimal residual disease (MRD), and aim 2 is a prospective trial of oral cancer treatment.
- Trial name
- NCT07296250
- Testing
- low-dose oral chemotherapy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Cancer of Head and Neck, Cancer of the Head
Effectiveness and Safety of Nivolumab in Participants That Have Head and Neck Cancer That Has Come Back or Has Spread
Non-interventional study in Japan of participants with HNC recurring or that has spread and who are treated with nivolumab
- Conditions
- Cancer of Head and Neck, Cancer of the Head, Cancer of the Neck
- Trial name
- NCT03569436
- Where
- Japan
- Volunteers
- 262 people
- Sponsor
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
Head and Neck Cancer
Prospective, Post Marketing Surveillance Study On Erbitux® (Cetuximab) in Patients With Locally Advanced or Recurrent and/or Metastatic Squamous Cell Cancer of the Head and Neck in Korea
After consultation with the Korean Health Authorities, the two Post-Authorization Safety Studies EMR 62202-509 (NCT01082315) and EMR 62241-508 (NCT01075828) were combined within one study protocol EMR 062202-551.
- Trial name
- NCT01075828
- Testing
- Cetuximab
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 221 people
- Sponsor
- Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Head and Neck Cancer
Cetuximab, Carboplatin, and Paclitaxel Followed by Radiation Therapy, With or Without Cisplatin, in Treating Patients With Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as cetuximab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some find tumor cells and kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them.
- Trial name
- NCT00301028
- Testing
- Cetuximab, Carboplatin, Paclitaxel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Recurrent Cutaneous Melanoma, Recurrent Lip and Oral Cavity Carcinoma
Donor Natural Killer Cells, Cyclophosphamide, and Etoposide in Treating Children and Young Adults With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors
This phase I trial studies the side effects and best dose of cord blood-derived expanded allogeneic natural killer cells (donor natural killer [NK] cells) and how well they work when given together with cyclophosphamide and…
- Conditions
- Recurrent Cutaneous Melanoma, Recurrent Lip and Oral Cavity Carcinoma, Recurrent Malignant Endocrine Neoplasm, Recurrent Malignant Female Reproductive System Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT03420963
- Testing
- Cord Blood-derived Expanded Allogeneic Natural Killer Cells, Cyclophosphamide, Etoposide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Esophageal Neoplasms
Anlotinib Retrospective Study for Esophageal Cancer
The efficacy of anlotinib in the treatment of esophageal cancer has been confirmed. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively observe the efficacy and safety of anlotinib in the first and second line of advanced esophageal…
- Trial name
- NCT05303740
- Testing
- Anlotinib
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Feng Wang
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
A Study of Penpulimab (AK105) in the First-line Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
This study is a randomized, double-blind, multi-center phase III clinical study to compare the efficacy and safety of penpulimab combined with chemotherapy and placebo combined with chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of…
- Trial name
- NCT04974398
- Testing
- Penpulimab
- Where
- 56 sites in United States, Australia and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 296 people
- Sponsor
- Akeso
Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Benefit of Adding Chemotherapy And/Or Modification of Radiotherapy Schedule for Advance Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (T3-4N0-1M0)
To test the therapeutic ratio of accelerated radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy on locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
- Trial name
- NCT00563862
- Testing
- Conventional RT, Accelerated RT, Cisplatin
- Where
- 5 sites in China
- Volunteers
- 465 people
- Sponsor
- Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Pancreatic Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer
Creation of the BioBank, Early Detection and Discovery Biomarkers
To establish a multidisciplinary research structure for tissue repository that facilitates projects that bridge specialties that normally may or may not interact.
- Conditions
- Pancreatic Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Breast Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT00901680
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,028 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Corewell Health East
Brain Tumor
Neurobehavioral Outcomes and Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients With Brain or Head/Neck Tumors Receiving Proton or Photon Radiotherapy
Background: Neurobehavioral functions and quality of life (QoL) are the important outcome measurements after radiotherapy in patients with brain tumors and even head/neck cancers.
- Trial name
- NCT02608762
- Testing
- standard adjuvant local radiation therapy or cranial radiation therapy
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Esophageal Neoplasms, Surgical Stomas
Hybrid-everted Versus Hand-sewn or Stapled Esophagogastrostomy in Prevention of Anastomotic Stricture
The investigators improved the hybrid everted esophagogastrostomy and expected to prevent the incidence of anastomotic stricture.
- Trial name
- NCT01139229
- Testing
- hybrid everted esophagogastric anastomosis, the conventional hand-sewn anastomosis, a stapled anastomosis
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Sichuan University
Head and Neck Cancer
Gene and Protein Expression Patterns in Predicting Response to Cetuximab in Patients With Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer
RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in DNA and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00898742
- Testing
- DNA and tissue microarray analysis, reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, mass spectrometry
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Esophageal Cancer
Salvage Chemoradiation Therapy for Recurrence After Radical Surgery or Palliative Surgery in Esophageal Cancer Patients
Currently, adjuvant therapy is not recommended for patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma who received radical surgery.
- Trial name
- NCT03731442
- Testing
- Involved field irradiation, Elective field irradiation, Paclitaxel
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Head and Neck Cancer
Surgery and Radiation Therapy With or Without Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Cancer of the Mouth or Oropharynx
RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill cancer cells of the mouth or oropharynx. Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells.
- Trial name
- NCT00002702
- Testing
- aldesleukin, adjuvant therapy, conventional surgery
- Where
- 7 sites in Italy
- Volunteers
- 260 people
- Sponsor
- European Institute of Oncology
Drug Use for Unapproved Schedule
EBV Positive Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated With Concurrent Chemo-radiotherapy With or Without Anti-Viral Drug
PCR-DNA of EBV test is a good prognostic indicator for survival after treatment (report: Prognostic Impact of Plasma, Epstein-Barr Virus DNA in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Treated using Intensity-Modulated Radiation…
- Trial name
- NCT03656965
- Testing
- Acyclovir 800 MG, Radiotherapy and chemotherapy
- Where
- Kuwait
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Kuwait Cancer Control Center
Gastric Adenocarcinoma, Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Efficacy and Safety of Anlotinib Hydrochloride Combined With Nivolumab in the Treatment of Gastric and Esophageal Cancer
Patients with unresectable or metastatic gastric or esophageal cancer, with first-line treatment applied are to be recruited in the study.
- Trial name
- OASIS (NCT04503967)
- Testing
- Anlotinib Hydrochloride With Nivolumab
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital